Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term N-Tier in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited N-Tier over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

LinkN-Tier
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank253263313
Rank change year-on-year
Up+10Up+50
Matching permanent IT job ads6395711141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.744 %0.673 %0.559 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category2.728 %2.841 %2.502 %
Salaries quoted555503944
Average salary£43,000£38,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.15 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,250£27,500£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£77,500£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,500
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-1.400 %
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
234272010245597
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK27.27 %23.70 %22.34 %
Salaries quoted190361643836023
Average salary£50,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£26,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£80,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %

N-Tier
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing N-Tier within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

N-Tier Demand Trend

N-Tier
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing N-Tier within the UK.

N-Tier Salary Trend

N-Tier
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing N-Tier over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

N-Tier Salary Histogram

N-Tier
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing N-Tier within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+7604£42,500+13.33 %
LondonUp+16297£55,000+10.00 %
South EastUp+896£43,000+7.50 %
North WestDown-466£31,500+14.54 %
City of LondonDown-5357£57,500+15.00 %
YorkshireDown-3040£30,000-7.69 %
East of EnglandUp+2438£35,000+13.82 %
SurreyUp+2235£49,000+81.48 %
CheshireUp+934£32,000+16.36 %
ManchesterDown-331£31,500+8.62 %
West MidlandsUp+3329£35,000-1.40 %
East MidlandsUp+3127£35,000-
Docklands, LondonUp+2124£52,500-30.00 %
StaffordshireUp+2623£35,000-22.22 %
North YorkshireUp+2222£30,000-17.24 %
South WalesUp+321£25,500-43.33 %
WalesUp+221£25,500-43.33 %
LeicestershireUp+2920£39,625+13.21 %
SuffolkDown-418£34,250+20.17 %
LeicesterNew entry-16£40,000-
BerkshireUp+314£43,000+7.50 %
HampshireUp+1913£36,000-24.21 %
South WestUp+413£32,500-9.72 %
NorthwichUp+412£27,500-
OxfordshireUp+412£42,500+6.25 %
Henley-on-ThamesUp+112£42,500-5.55 %
SelbyNew entry-12£29,250-
MidlandsUp+1111£72,500-
West YorkshireDown-1911£47,500+35.71 %
CardiffDown-410£25,500-46.31 %

N-Tier
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing N-Tier also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited N-Tier.

1857 (67.43 %).NET
2790 (62.16 %)C#
3624 (49.10 %)SQL Server
4555 (43.67 %)ASP.NET
5487 (38.32 %)SQL
6427 (33.60 %)XML
7369 (29.03 %)OO
8307 (24.15 %)JavaScript
9265 (20.85 %)AJAX
10261 (20.54 %)Web Services
11256 (20.14 %)Java
12251 (19.75 %)Finance
13244 (19.20 %)Microsoft
14242 (19.04 %)CSS
15225 (17.70 %)Degree
16213 (16.76 %)SQL Server 2005
17201 (15.81 %)HTML
18190 (14.95 %).NET Framework
19182 (14.32 %)Windows
20180 (14.16 %)VB.NET
21178 (14.00 %)Oracle
22173 (13.61 %)WCF
23163 (12.82 %)T-SQL
24159 (12.51 %)Client/Server
25150 (11.80 %)Banking
26145 (11.41 %)WPF
27128 (10.07 %)UML
28125 (9.835 %)Visual Studio
29122 (9.599 %)Agile Software Development
30107 (8.419 %)XHTML

N-Tier
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing N-Tier also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited N-Tier. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1857 (67.43 %).NET
2555 (43.67 %)ASP.NET
3427 (33.60 %)XML
4265 (20.85 %)AJAX
5261 (20.54 %)Web Services
6242 (19.04 %)CSS
7201 (15.81 %)HTML
8190 (14.95 %).NET Framework
9173 (13.61 %)WCF
10145 (11.41 %)WPF
11107 (8.419 %)XHTML
12106 (8.340 %)WinForms
1393 (7.317 %)J2EE
1492 (7.238 %)SOAP
1580 (6.294 %)jQuery
1672 (5.665 %)XSLT
1770 (5.507 %)DHTML
1869 (5.429 %)Spring
1968 (5.350 %)ASP
2057 (4.485 %)WebSphere
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
160 (4.721 %)CMS
251 (4.013 %)IIS
342 (3.304 %)SharePoint
432 (2.518 %)Apache
525 (1.967 %)WebSphere MQ
619 (1.495 %)WebLogic
718 (1.416 %)Tomcat
817 (1.338 %)WebSphere Application Server
912 (0.944 %)MQSeries
1011 (0.865 %)BizTalk Server
1110 (0.787 %)SharePoint Server 2007
126 (0.472 %)Oracle Workflow
126 (0.472 %)Lotus Domino
135 (0.393 %)MS Exchange
143 (0.236 %)Rendezvous
143 (0.236 %)Tuxedo
152 (0.157 %)ColdFusion MX
152 (0.157 %)ColdFusion
152 (0.157 %)Exchange Server 2000
152 (0.157 %)Exchange Server 2003
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
192 (7.238 %)MS Excel
217 (1.338 %)MS Visio
36 (0.472 %)MS Office
42 (0.157 %)MS Project
51 (0.079 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (0.629 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
22 (0.157 %)SAP MDM
31 (0.079 %)Nortel Periphonics
31 (0.079 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.079 %)Oracle General Ledger
31 (0.079 %)ION MarketView
31 (0.079 %)Oracle BPM
31 (0.079 %)AquaLogic BPM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
163 (4.957 %)Internet
244 (3.462 %)HTTP
318 (1.416 %)Intranet
415 (1.180 %)Firewall
514 (1.101 %)BSS
610 (0.787 %)TCP/IP
76 (0.472 %)LAN
76 (0.472 %)WAN
83 (0.236 %)FTP
83 (0.236 %)MPLS
83 (0.236 %)NetScreen
92 (0.157 %)Wireless
101 (0.079 %)VLAN
101 (0.079 %)Wireshark
101 (0.079 %)Extranet
101 (0.079 %)DHCP
101 (0.079 %)DNS
101 (0.079 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1624 (49.10 %)SQL Server
2213 (16.76 %)SQL Server 2005
391 (7.160 %)SQL Server 2008
474 (5.822 %)SQL Server 2000
559 (4.642 %)Datawarehouse
652 (4.091 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
751 (4.013 %)SQL Server Integration Services
841 (3.226 %)Oracle 10g
841 (3.226 %)OLTP
931 (2.439 %)Oracle 8/8i
1030 (2.360 %)RDBMS
1120 (1.574 %)MySQL
1214 (1.101 %)Oracle 9i
1214 (1.101 %)Crystal Reports
1313 (1.023 %)Oracle Reports
1313 (1.023 %)Oracle 11g
1411 (0.865 %)ETL
1510 (0.787 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
169 (0.708 %)DTS
178 (0.629 %)Cognos Powerplay
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1125 (9.835 %)Visual Studio
292 (7.238 %)NUnit
332 (2.518 %)JUnit
427 (2.124 %)Subversion
526 (2.046 %)VSS/SourceSafe
622 (1.731 %)QuickTest Pro
622 (1.731 %)Selenium
712 (0.944 %)TeamCity
89 (0.708 %)Team Foundation Server
89 (0.708 %)LoadRunner
98 (0.629 %)Oracle Forms
98 (0.629 %)InstallShield
107 (0.551 %)ClearCase
115 (0.393 %)Visual Studio Team System
124 (0.315 %)ClearQuest
133 (0.236 %)Eclipse
142 (0.157 %)Dreamweaver
142 (0.157 %)Bugzilla
151 (0.079 %)Log4Net
151 (0.079 %)RSpec
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1251 (19.75 %)Finance
2150 (11.80 %)Banking
382 (6.452 %)Front Office
474 (5.822 %)Pensions
562 (4.878 %)Investment Banking
658 (4.563 %)Health
757 (4.485 %)Back Office
855 (4.327 %)Retail
931 (2.439 %)Telecoms
1030 (2.360 %)Insurance
1128 (2.203 %)Government
1220 (1.574 %)Legal
1318 (1.416 %)Marketing
1417 (1.338 %)Games
1516 (1.259 %)Education
1614 (1.101 %)Aerospace
1713 (1.023 %)Law
1812 (0.944 %)Pharmaceutical
197 (0.551 %)Publishing
206 (0.472 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1816 (64.20 %)Developer
2307 (24.15 %).NET Developer
3301 (23.68 %)C# Developer
4186 (14.63 %)Senior Developer
5160 (12.59 %)Architect
6141 (11.09 %)Analyst
7138 (10.86 %)ASP.NET Developer
8116 (9.127 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
9100 (7.868 %)Web Developer
9100 (7.868 %)Java Developer
1086 (6.766 %)Software Developer
1175 (5.901 %)Programmer
1266 (5.193 %)Solutions Architect
1362 (4.878 %)Senior C# Developer
1461 (4.799 %)Analyst Programmer
1557 (4.485 %)SQL Developer
1655 (4.327 %)Software Engineer
1745 (3.541 %)Senior .NET Developer
1843 (3.383 %)Lead Developer
1942 (3.304 %).NET Web Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1159 (12.51 %)Client/Server
273 (5.744 %)Derivative
341 (3.226 %)Computer Science
432 (2.518 %)Multithreading
528 (2.203 %)Open Source
627 (2.124 %)Replication
627 (2.124 %)Credit Derivative
722 (1.731 %)W3C
821 (1.652 %)Mainframe
920 (1.574 %)Dependency Injection
1015 (1.180 %)Equity Derivative
1113 (1.023 %)Mathematics
1212 (0.944 %)Fixed Income
1310 (0.787 %)Equities
1310 (0.787 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
149 (0.708 %)Cloud Computing
158 (0.629 %)Credit Risk
166 (0.472 %)PMI
175 (0.393 %)Social Network
175 (0.393 %)SaaS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1182 (14.32 %)Windows
287 (6.845 %)UNIX
359 (4.642 %)Linux
427 (2.124 %)Solaris
524 (1.888 %)Windows Server 2003
621 (1.652 %)Red Hat Linux
714 (1.101 %)Ubuntu
813 (1.023 %)Windows Mobile
97 (0.551 %)Windows Server 2008
97 (0.551 %)AIX
106 (0.472 %)Windows 2000
114 (0.315 %)Windows XP
123 (0.236 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
123 (0.236 %)CentOS
123 (0.236 %)Windows Vista
123 (0.236 %)VxWorks
123 (0.236 %)Fedora
132 (0.157 %)Windows NT
132 (0.157 %)HPUX
141 (0.079 %)Windows 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1369 (29.03 %)OO
2128 (10.07 %)UML
3122 (9.599 %)Agile Software Development
4102 (8.025 %)E-Commerce
599 (7.789 %)MVC
695 (7.474 %)SOA
788 (6.924 %)Web Development
872 (5.665 %)TDD
969 (5.429 %)Unit Testing
1064 (5.035 %)Scrum
1153 (4.170 %)RAD
1153 (4.170 %)Content Management
1247 (3.698 %)OOP
1247 (3.698 %)Project Management
1346 (3.619 %)Software Engineering
1440 (3.147 %)Data Modelling
1529 (2.282 %)Systems Analysis
1529 (2.282 %)Enterprise Architecture
1627 (2.124 %)CRM
1726 (2.046 %)OOA/OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1790 (62.16 %)C#
2487 (38.32 %)SQL
3307 (24.15 %)JavaScript
4256 (20.14 %)Java
5180 (14.16 %)VB.NET
6163 (12.82 %)T-SQL
781 (6.373 %)C++
879 (6.216 %)VB
967 (5.271 %)PL/SQL
1060 (4.721 %)C
1136 (2.832 %)VB6
1228 (2.203 %)PHP
1327 (2.124 %)VBA
1420 (1.574 %)Ruby
1519 (1.495 %)VBScript
1615 (1.180 %)Perl
1615 (1.180 %)XAML
1714 (1.101 %)Shell Script
189 (0.708 %)ActionScript
198 (0.629 %)FoxPro (VFP)
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1225 (17.70 %)Degree
238 (2.990 %)Microsoft Certification
331 (2.439 %)Security Cleared
428 (2.203 %)MCSD
526 (2.046 %)MCAD
612 (0.944 %)ISEB
711 (0.865 %)MCP
88 (0.629 %)PhD
97 (0.551 %)PMI Certification
97 (0.551 %)MCTS
106 (0.472 %)SC Cleared
114 (0.315 %)MCPD
123 (0.236 %)Oracle Certification
123 (0.236 %)CCNP
123 (0.236 %)CCDP
123 (0.236 %)Cisco Certification
132 (0.157 %)Postgraduate
141 (0.079 %)MCDBA
141 (0.079 %)PRINCE2 Certification
141 (0.079 %)Sun Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
152 (4.091 %)QA
25 (0.393 %)SLA
31 (0.079 %)Basel II
31 (0.079 %)TickIT
31 (0.079 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
127 (2.124 %)MSMQ
29 (0.708 %)Oracle RAC
35 (0.393 %)Oracle RMAN
43 (0.236 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (0.236 %)Active Directory
43 (0.236 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.079 %)VMware Workstation
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.393 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1244 (19.20 %)Microsoft
2178 (14.00 %)Oracle
335 (2.754 %)Sybase
426 (2.046 %)Adobe
521 (1.652 %)Unisys
521 (1.652 %)JBoss
521 (1.652 %)Red Hat
617 (1.338 %)ATG
715 (1.180 %)TIBCO
812 (0.944 %)Cognos
812 (0.944 %)HP
911 (0.865 %)Cisco
911 (0.865 %)Sun
911 (0.865 %)VMware
106 (0.472 %)Lotus
106 (0.472 %)IBM
106 (0.472 %)Intel
115 (0.393 %)SAP
115 (0.393 %)Google
124 (0.315 %)Business Objects